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Citing SAS software
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SD_Data_Dude
2011-12-28 19:44:43 UTC
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Again returning to a question that some ask occasionally.

How do you cite SAS software in a publication? There is NO current
guidance on any SAS site. In addition to the lack of direction, there
is currently a MASSIVE amount of SAS tools and pieces, and each of
these may or may not be cited in a different way. When manuals
existed, you could cite the manual. No manuals currently exist. I have
a current question to SI, but no one there knows either. They keep
shuffling me from one group to the next.
amj
2011-12-29 07:31:25 UTC
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Hi

The solution is easy:

1. Find the pdf-version of the relevant SAS documentation (on www.SAS.com).

2. On page 2 of each of theese "books" the autoritative form of a SAS
citation is given.

Example:
The correct bibliographic citation for this manual is as follows: SAS
Institute Inc. 2011. Base SAS® 9.3 Procedures Guide. Cary, NC: SAS Institute
Inc.

Base SAS® 9.3 Procedures Guide

Copyright © 2011, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA

ISBN 978-1-60764-895-6

All rights reserved. Produced in the United States of America.

Best wishes / Anders
Post by SD_Data_Dude
Again returning to a question that some ask occasionally.
How do you cite SAS software in a publication? There is NO current
guidance on any SAS site. In addition to the lack of direction, there
is currently a MASSIVE amount of SAS tools and pieces, and each of
these may or may not be cited in a different way. When manuals
existed, you could cite the manual. No manuals currently exist. I have
a current question to SI, but no one there knows either. They keep
shuffling me from one group to the next.
Reeza
2011-12-30 08:16:17 UTC
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I usually follow this page from the SAS site.

http://www.sas.com/presscenter/guidelines.html

HTH,
Fareeza
sasplumber
2012-01-03 22:06:22 UTC
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Post by SD_Data_Dude
Again returning to a question that some ask occasionally.
How do you cite SAS software in a publication? There is NO current
guidance on any SAS site. In addition to the lack of direction, there
is currently a MASSIVE amount of SAS tools and pieces, and each of
these may or may not be cited in a different way.  When manuals
existed, you could cite the manual. No manuals currently exist. I have
a current question to SI, but no one there knows either. They keep
shuffling me from one group to the next.
There's lots of useful info here:
http://support.sas.com/events/sasglobalforum/2012/WritersGuidelines2012.pdf

-Plumber

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